Battle of Bighorn Lake

Battle of the Bighorn Lake
	Part of the Great Sioux War of 1876
Date	July 10–11, 1876
Location	Near Bighorn Lake, Crow Indian Reservation, Big Horn County, Montana, U.S.
Result	Decisive American Victory
Belligerents
Lakota; Dakota; Northern Cheyenne; Arapaho;	United States
Commanders and leaders
Sitting Bull; Crazy Horse†; Chief Gall; Two Moon†;	Tommy Saxon; Thomas S. Blair; Samuel Sawyer; Samuel Pickett;
Units involved
Irregular military	Utah Territorial Army; Sawyer's Madmen
Strength
2,000–3,600 warriors	14,000 infantryman; 30 artillery pieces; 300 cavalry;
Casualties and losses
135 killed; Up to 1,000 wounded;	29 killed; 34 wounded;
	100 Non-combatant natives killed